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We continue our “FrameMaker for Word” series of featurette videos with a deep dive into Word to FrameMaker workflow, how to update formats for multiple paragraph styles in one step and using special templates just for User Variables. FrameMaker for Word: Caution Labels via Paragraph Prefixes and Reference Pages [in depth] Certified Adobe instructor, Barb read more…

In this week’s installment of more Thought Leader interview’s from this year’s STC Summit, we cover a variety of topics, ranging from how leadership can be achieved within a TechComm Group, important ingredients required in teaching TechComm and what is the difference between editorial “copy” and intelligent, searchable content. Neil Perlin: Merging of Mobile read more…

This is the seventh in a series of blogs that cluster together some very brief, but useful “how to” videos on important features in RoboHelp 10. Part 1 of this series focus on navigation links and Part 2 focused on dealing with two types of graphics, Part 3 focused on TOCs and profiles while Part read more…

In this week’s installment of more Thought Leader interview’s from this year’s STC Summit, we cover a variety of topics, ranging from why TechComm students should learn HTML5, how to unravel the “hairball of content” to why it is so important to just writer shorter sentences. Ray Gallon: Untangling the Hairball of Content “There read more…

In this guest blog, European thought leader, Ray Gallon of Culturecom, examines our changing dynamics between Content Creator, User and Shared Content. Read on to find out just how swiftly the sands are shifting beneath out tech comm feet! Guest Blog Post by Ray Gallon Wicked Problem: a problem that is difficult or impossible to read more…

This week we have a special “guest blog” from Sarah O’Keefe, founder of Scriptorium Publishing. Read on to capture Sarah’s thoughts on how Content Strategy is now intersecting with Tech Comm. Different facets of the same problem Content strategy and technical communication are different facets of the same problem. Content strategy means that you use read more…

This is the sixth in a series of blogs that cluster together some very brief, but useful “how to” videos on important features in RoboHelp 10. Part 1 of this series focus on navigation links and Part 2 focused on dealing with two types of graphics, Part 3 focused on TOCs and profiles while Part read more…

In this week’s installment of more Thought Leader interview’s from this year’s STC Summit, we cover a variety of topics, ranging from why “tech writers” should reclaim content strategy, why we should focus on business issues, and how important it is to think globally. Rahel Baile: Reclaiming Content Strategy Rahel Baile reminds of something read more…